Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-10

r. Griffin, pair OF newly married postal
clerks. Griffin's entrance into the Bene-
dictine ranks, only asting back for g
happy fortnight. 1t vas the thought, no
doubt, of the grief in whish
his bride would be plunged, should
anything serious happen that made MIN
say to the disguised and dissolute looking
bandit that entered their car: "Sir, L
have only been married TWO weeks, and |
hope you won't do US any injury" With
out de1gning him reply, but holding d
wiCked-looking six-skOoter in threaten
ing way, the william ordered Griffin to
open up his sacks. The latter, VINO had
been in two or three former
reDberies, and was getting
somewhat used to such episodes, smiI-
ingly proceeded 20 obey orders, but he
took good care to open only those sacks
that had no registered packages within
The robber grew impatient and said,
'fWeIl, give me whatever you've got, -
and when Griffin turned him over three
rather lean letters of the registered vari-
ETY. he accepted them without thanks
and departed IN the same informal ms1-
ner in which he entered.
SOME SMALL TALK.
This performance was not entirely de-
void. Of conversation. Griffin and his col
league had tumbled to what was coming,
and made some rather hasty efforts at
c6ncealing personal property. Skies, in
the excitement Of the moment, after hid
ing his fine gold watch in four places,
finally put it in paper bag, where the
eagle eye Of the rO5beT Gall train robbers
have eagle eyes, lit on it ere he had been
IN their company half 4 minute. Chat is
very careless way you have Of hiding
your stuff" he remarked, taking up the
watch, but Immediately giving IL back TO
its astounded owner Griffin mad s so in
cash in pocket book, which he concealed
to somewhat better purpose.
"Reminds me of the Gordon affair, "
said Skies, as the robber fitted cut into
the darkness, "and believe that's one of
the identical rascals who was into that.
Notice that-wicked look in his eye?"
Gan scoundrels look wicked" said
Griffin, proceeding to put the scattered
packages back into the pouches, "but
this. thing is growing fearfully mo
noToEOus.'
: ON THEIR TRACK
AS soon as the news of the affairreached
Fort Worth, little past 8,0'clock,a posse
out on a car to the scene of the robbery.
They were well armed and carried the
three bloodhounds kept by the sheriff at
the county jail. A little later larger
band Of pClicemeny deputy sherifs and
volunteers, under City Marshal Sam
Fsrmer, went out on horseback, taking g
northern course, with view 10 heading
the robbers of, should they fee in that
- gpFf +p y
hat fifty eager men are scour-
midnight g messenger from the
Sheriff's party came in saying that the
dogs rad taken the robbers trail readily,
along the creek bottoms towards the
north.
It is considered highly probable that
the entire gang will be captured before
Sundays sun goes down. Tney did not
have at the utmost over three hours
start.
Yesterday morning just as the first rosy
flush Of dawn mantled the eastern sky
a party OF seven weary looking men,
bestride that many faded steeds, rode
into Fort Worth. They all bore the
death dealing Winchester, and look of
regret was stamped upon each face
regret that they had packed those same
guns since the previous midnight with
never q single chance of testing them
on a train roboer. The gentlemen were:
Ben Shipp, sheriff of Tarrant county;
William Rea, late marshal of Fort Worth,
and Deputy Sheriffs Rowan Tucker,
James Maddox, John Thompson, Bony
Tucker and Joe WitCher. When the news
of the train robbery reached Fort Worth,
the seven, as soon as they could gather
their equipments of war, in
Guiding two dogs, and saddle
horses, had been taken IN q couple
of box cars to the scene of the robbery,
the bridge over Mary creek, eight miles
west of this city. Here the sheriff and
one of mis- band halted while the
others went on to Benhrook, mile fur
Their, to unload the horses AID speedily
return to the bridge.
FAITHFUL HOUNDS
The dogs soon struck the highway,
mems trail. They followed it with heavy
beying down the brushy bottom Of THE
creek, closely followed by the posse. 1t;
was no pleasure Chase along that uneven
ground, and here and there barbed wire
fence babe the pursuers halt. For morsj
than two miles the hounds followed the
scent along the rocky bed of the stream,
which was dry in places and in
places covered with shallow pools.
1t was the water that finally batlled the
hounds. The robbers had evidently
wadeu the creek wherever the opportu-
nifty offered, and in this way the scent
was lost. The dogs plunged into the
water readily enough, and crossed and
recrossed the creek time and again,
working as faithfully as ever brutes
cid. But it was no use. There
wasn't doubt III the mind |
of single man that they had struck the !
right trail, and to confirm 1t, Jim Mad
dox got down from his horse and in the
measured
THE TRACKS OF TWO MEN
by the waters edge. One was very large
and long, the other of medium size. !
While the dogs were following this trail,
the posse in groups were clrcling along
the bottom, thinking they might strike |
the trail of mounted
party. In this they failed. Then search |
was begun up the creek and a trail taken |
that proved to be that Of man named |
Murphy, 8 constable at Benbrook, who |
had witnessed the robbery but did not /
suspect what 1t was. He was the man /
who was seen by several passengers on
gray horse and was mistaken for one of
the plunderers. Murphy arrived at the |
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